Brickendon’s Executive Director and MiFID specialist, Harpreet Singh features in the latest edition of Intercontinental Finance & Law (issue: 148/18) discussing the impact of Brexit on MiFID II and the implications that have dominated the financial services sector. MiFID II went live on 3rd January 2018 however there are already speculations of a newer version of […]
One year on from the triggering of Article 50, and despite the headwinds caused by the political instability, the UK and EU27 countries have managed to agree on a transition period that will allow financial services firms to continue to benefit from passporting permissions until the end of 2020. While this political agreement creates a […]
With just one year to go until the UK officially leaves the EU, the future still remains unclear. Despite the headwinds caused by the political instability, the UK and EU27 countries have managed to agree on a transition period, but beyond that there is still much debate about how the financial services sector will look […]
It will take a combination of hot topics to change the financial services game in 2018, say Brickendon’s experts. 2017 may now be behind us, but the year of the Rooster’s hot topics of data, Brexit and regulation are not. According to Brickendon’s senior leadership team, the very same topics, with a sprinkling of digitalisation, Blockchain, cloud enablement and […]
Britain’s decision to leave the EU means many things for the financial services sector, including the possibility of being unable to properly service clients in all regions post-Brexit. Failing to act now to assess the impact the UK’s pending departure from the EU could have on your business is fatal. The key is to know […]
If Brexit has done one thing, it is to create yet more uncertainty in the financial sector. Immediately after the referendum, the media was rife with reports that banks were making plans to shift staff and operations from London to EU cities such as Frankfurt and Brussels. Failing to do this and maintaining large operations […]
Britain’s decision to trigger Article 50 in March of 2017 has caused ramifications across all areas of the business world. Location optimisation decisions that were once focussed purely on cost are now seeking to ensure businesses will be able to continue to service customers across the UK and the European Union. Brickendon looks at the […]
Back in June presidential candidate Donald Trump likened the UK’s decision to leave the European Union to his bid to be US president. In some ways he’s not far off the mark. The same emotions that led the British public to vote 52 to 48 per cent in favour of leaving the EU, are the […]
Britain’s decision to leave the EU is an opportunity to turn your business into a thriving organisation capable of improving its market position in unpredictable environments, says Brickendon Chief Executive Chris Burke. Burke, who specialises in advising companies on all manner of change, including location strategy, believes now is the time to act to […]
Uncertainty is the one certain thing to come out of the UK’s decision to leave the European Union, and the full impact of the decision on the financial services industry remains to be seen. While the UK will not leave immediately – there is a two-year window once we have invoked Article 50 – things will become increasingly […]